Nowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothers
Yeah, it's me, and yeah, I am easily triggered by misogyny. But this is a major story, majorly researched, and majorly fact checked. I think it should get wide exposure.
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Congress implemented the treaty in 1988 with the passage of the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, or ICARA, and the State Department pressed other nations to follow. Countries in the convention today, there are more than 100 must return one anothers children when a parent asks, subject to various exceptions. In 2021, the last year for which numbers are available, more than 2,190 return petitions were filed around the world, including more than 300 seeking the return of children who, like Lucia, were brought to the United States from abroad.
But contrary to what the drafters anticipated, only a minority of petitions are filed by mothers, according to data from the Hague Conference on Private International Law, which administers the treaty. In 2021, fathers filed about 73 percent of cases in the United States and about 75 percent worldwide.
Often, their wives and children had good reason to run, The 19th and Type found in a 16-month investigation.
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https://19thnews.org/2025/06/hague-abduction-convention-mothers-children/
I did search for this and found nothing - if I missed something and it's been previously posted, I apologize.